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Nest’s Next Big Product Will Reportedly Be a Smoke Detector
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Nest, which was a company founded by the people who designed the Apple iPod and iPhone devices, had reworked the design of the programmable central-heating thermostat by implementing a round shape and having it also work via a home network to enable Web-driven and app-driven programming and control. This unit even used a “learning” concept for its automatic comfort-control functionality as well as tracking the energy efficiency of your heating or cooling system.
Now, they intend to release a smoke/carbon-monoxide detector that does more than sound a local alarm when there is smoke or excessive carbon monoxide in the house. This will use the home network as a basic fire-alarm reporting system but also implement a gesture-driven alarm-mute function which would come in handy if your cooking had tripped the alarm.
Of course, like Nest’s thermostats, this would implement an extraordinary design that makes it less like your father’s old station wagon.
But this is one of many devices that are defining newer directions for home automation and security and making this concept more ubiquitous and user friendly for most households.
